Cadmium zinc telluride pixel detectors for high-intensity x-ray imaging at free electron lasers

Veale, Matthew C.; Angelsen, C.; Booker, P.; Coughlan, J.; French, M. J.; Hardie, A.; Hart, M.; Lipp, J.; Nicholls, T.; Schneider, A.; Seller, P.; Sole, D.; Thomas, B.; Wilson, M.; Carini, G. A.; Hart, P.; Nakahara, K.; Sato, T.; Hansson, C.; Iniewski, K.; Marthandam, P.; Prekas, G.

doi:10.1088/1361-6463/aaf556

Title: Cadmium zinc telluride pixel detectors for high-intensity x-ray imaging at free electron lasers

Journal Article · Mon Dec 24 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/aaf556· OSTI ID:1493442

^[1]; Angelsen, C. ^[1]; Booker, P. ^[1]; Coughlan, J. ^[1]; French, M. J. ^[1]; Hardie, A. ^[1]; Hart, M. ^[1]; Lipp, J. ^[1]; Nicholls, T. ^[1]; Schneider, A. ^[1]; Seller, P. ^[1]; Sole, D. ^[1]; Thomas, B. ^[1]; Wilson, M. ^[1]; Carini, G. A. ^[2]; Hart, P. ^[3]; Nakahara, K. ^[3]; Sato, T. ^[3]; Hansson, C. ^[4]; Iniewski, K. ^[4] more »

Rutherford Appleton Lab., Oxfordshire (United Kingdom)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Redlen Technologies, Saanichton, BC (Canada)

Here, this paper reports the first demonstration of high-intensity x-ray imaging using cadmium zinc telluride (CdZnTe) pixel detectors at a free electron laser (FEL). Prototype detectors were produced using the STFC large pixel detector (LPD) ASIC and sensors fabricated from a novel high-intensity-capable CdZnTe material produced by Redlen Technologies. Characterisation of the performance of this sensor material was completed at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) FEL. The detectors were operated at a frame rate of 1 MHz with 9.5 keV x-ray pulses delivered at a rate of 120 Hz. Measurements successfully demonstrated the linear response of the CdZnTe material to increasing numbers of x-rays up to a fluence of 8 GeV mm^–2 per pulse, the limit of the dynamic range of the LPD ASIC.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; Centre for Instrumentation 17/18

OSTI ID:: 1493442

Journal Information:: Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics, Vol. 52, Issue 8; ISSN 0022-3727

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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